The Boston Bruins have announced the signing of forward Milan Lucic to a three-year contract extension through the 2012-13 NHL season worth $12.25 million.

The 21-year-old Lucic recorded 17 goals and 25 assists for 42 points, while tallying 136 penalty minutes and a plus-17 rating. During the postseason, the 6'3'' 228-pound winger had three goals and six assists and a plus-12 plus/minus rating in 10 games.

Originally drafted by the Bruins in the second round (50th overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, Lucic helped the Vancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League capture the 2007 Memorial Cup Championship.

In 151 career regular games, Lucic has 25 goals and 45 assists for 70 points, in addiition to 230 penalty minutes.

steep why 17 goals last yr , gets 4m36 goals gets u a trip to torontoevryone knew they would sign luicic he's a fan favorite and PC loves favorable headlines. too much at this point, i like lucic too. but come playoffs it's the goals we are going to need not the beatings, i could watch the ufc for that.wonder how krejci feels.

how PC came up with 4m for lucic and yes it is very steep,, very simple he cannot afford to make another mistake.

people felt kess was not worthed and he scored 36 in 70 games does well in playoffs, this guy scores 17 gives people beatings and everyone is ok with it.how dumb are some fans. Maybe if kess had dropped the gloves once in a while ,... hey!

change the name for boston bruisers, bruins would have ,made one good roller hockey team

steep why 17 goals last yr , gets 4m 36 goals gets u a trip to toronto evryone knew they would sign luicic he's a fan favorite and PC loves favorable headlines. too much at this point, i like lucic too. but come playoffs it's the goals we are going to need not the beatings, i could watch the ufc for that. wonder how krejci feels. how PC came up with 4m for lucic and yes it is very steep,, very simple he cannot afford to make another mistake. people felt kess was not worthed and he scored 36 in 70 games does well in playoffs, this guy scores 17 gives people beatings and everyone is ok with it. how dumb are some fans. Maybe if kess had dropped the gloves once in a while ,... hey! change the name for boston bruisers, bruins would have ,made one good roller hockey team just keeps getting worse.Posted by marco100

Lucic is a worthy commodity. He is essentail to making the Bruins relevant in boston again. The fans love him, he plays hard, he can play on the first line. yeah he scored 17 goals, but clearly he has more value than just a goal scorer. Clearly, when you watch how he impacts a game, it is above goal scoring.

4.25 might have seemed high, but I find it hard to believe his market value was much less.

kessel was a little biaatch and i'd rather have lucic out there any day of the week.

Great signing. a little more than i thought it'd be but maybe that's because of the style of game he plays. Guys like him get worn down faster (just ask Cam) so their deals are bigger early on when they're still healthy. I think the thing to keep in mind is this is a deal that's not only paying Lucic for what he brings to the table right now, a power forward with a real presence and decent hands, but potential down the road as a dominant player in both the physical and goal scoring aspects of the game. Plus I'm sure Chia didn't want to get blind sided next summer like he did with Kess where another GM is dictating the price for one his star players.

steep why 17 goals last yr , gets 4m 36 goals gets u a trip to toronto evryone knew they would sign luicic he's a fan favorite and PC loves favorable headlines. too much at this point, i like lucic too. but come playoffs it's the goals we are going to need not the beatings, i could watch the ufc for that. wonder how krejci feels. how PC came up with 4m for lucic and yes it is very steep,, very simple he cannot afford to make another mistake. people felt kess was not worthed and he scored 36 in 70 games does well in playoffs, this guy scores 17 gives people beatings and everyone is ok with it. how dumb are some fans. Maybe if kess had dropped the gloves once in a while ,... hey! change the name for boston bruisers, bruins would have ,made one good roller hockey team just keeps getting worse.Posted by marco100

well this definitley explains the "personal day"he had off, because they were busy signing him to a contract.Also lemme say that 4 million is definitley better going to lucic than phil "i don't wanna hit people because i wanna do my one and done move,i can't hit people for squat and i just wanna be a little pansy"kessel. great signing chiarelli! one down, one more to go...savard's next. go bruins!

I like all of Boston Bruins fans absolutely admire and cheer Milan's presence. He's on his way to becoming a great power forward that I think can average 25-30 goals a season.

My disagreement is not the length but next off seasons signing's. Savard, Rask and Stuart and most likely Morris (If he stays healthy is going to have a monster year) will demand more. Wheeler in my mind is going to be the odd man out and probably trade bait this March.

Sorry but he is not worth more than Krejci right now. I will not bash PC nor stop routing for Looch but it's just a little too much for my nervousness about only having 15Mil to 19Mil next summer. I think Savard is next for an extension this year. What pressure it would take away from PC!

Well I got the answer to my question. The extention money will only show on the cap starting next season.I would have thought 3M as I said on another post but they know something I don't . Someone will fall off the books next year.Good signing though , just cannot lose this guy.I'm just afraid this sets a standard. If he's worth 4M then Savy is worth what ?Good one SanDog, there will be someone leaving from this. roster come March.Olsonic , that's right on Kessel. Now you know what the Bruins brass means by " He's a Bruin or he just doesn't play like Bruin.Lucic = a BruinKessel = .........

P.S. to all negative fans saying CAP WILL GO DOWN 4-5M, wrong !!!I predict it will go up 1-2M. Hockey revenues will go up with all the stars in this league.

I like the signing. I do feel the price is a bit high but when you get a player like Lucic you need to hang on to him. The B's obviously believe that with his character he is not a risk to slack off and will only continue to improve. Bottom line is, Lucic is a "Good Bruin".

It would be nice to see them get a few other important players locked up before the end of the season as well.